Pat Kose

Teaching History to the Modern Child

I always liked history class. I still read a lot of biographies on historical figures, watch documentaires about histical events, and listen to history focused podcasts from time to time. My kids are still too young to have actual histry class in school, but my oldest did start learning about some local history in socialContinue reading “Teaching History to the Modern Child”

Learning From a Trip to Urgent Care

When I think of classic father and son bonding moments, a few typical ones spring to mind. Playing catch in the yard, going camping, watching football, going to urgent care to get a foreign object removed from somebody’s ear. Oh, did you not have medically extracting an object from your son’s head on your maleContinue reading “Learning From a Trip to Urgent Care”

My Kids Will Know a World of AI

I have to say, I am incredibly sceptical of the real-world impact AI will have. I’m sure there will be big advancements for tech companies, but not sure how it will actually apply for the average person’s everyday life. Until Alexa can understand me when I tell her to never play any Taylor Swifts songsContinue reading “My Kids Will Know a World of AI”

Grounding My Kids for the First Time

When I first started thinking about what kind of parent I thought I’d be, there were a couple things I never thought I would do. Send my kids to a “time out,” ground them, or reply with, “Hi Thirsty, I’m Dad,” when they told me they were thirsty. I had a pretty good run, butContinue reading “Grounding My Kids for the First Time”

Simple Tips for Furgal Home Buying

Every time a house comes up for sale in my neighborhood, I can’t help but look it up to see what they are asking for. When I see how the housing market has changed from the time we bought our house to now, it is always very tempting to see what we could get forContinue reading “Simple Tips for Furgal Home Buying”

When the Going Gets Tough, Get Together

When you are in a relationship and then add some kids to it, you are bound to experience a number of difficult experiences together. In a way, you should expect this to happen and be prepared to take them in stride, as these are the times that can bring people together more closely. But thereContinue reading “When the Going Gets Tough, Get Together”

Teach Your Kids How to Eat

One thing I didn’t expect to have to teach my kids was how to eat. I guess I figured that since it is the first and only thing they know how to do when they are born, that it is overall a pretty instinctual process. Well, it’s not. A kid’s eating instincts are limited toContinue reading “Teach Your Kids How to Eat”

My Kids Are Thieves

Kids take stuff from you. Part of it is inherent to their existence and dependence on you. They take your time because they need a lot of attention. They take your money because it turns out that keeping another human alive, fed, and in shoes that fit is pretty expensive. I think I was prettyContinue reading “My Kids Are Thieves”

Stoic Saturday: How to Act (Part 5)

An in interesting reminder here that while you’re dealing with whatever life throws at you, and you’re acting the way a Stoic should act – don’t forget to be happy about it. Cheerfulness. Without requiring other people’s help. Or serenity supplied by others. When you think of of a Stoic, a cheerful person probably isn’tContinue reading “Stoic Saturday: How to Act (Part 5)”

Dad Is a Proper Man

My kids play a lot of pretend, but pretty much only pretend in two things: school or family. My daughters are teachers and their little brother is, well, I’m not sure what he is when they play school. Sometimes he’s a student, sometimes he’s a teacher too, mostly I think he’s just there. When theyContinue reading “Dad Is a Proper Man”